About the Event

This webinar will address some of these issues and draw a picture of what future health services look like with examples of new technologies. The speakers represent universities in Norway and Japan and will have a Norway-Japan perspective in their presentations. Relevant calls will also be presented by Nordforsk and the Research Council of Norway. Please find the full programme in the Programme tab above.

The webinar is organized as a collaboration between JSPS Alumni Club in Norway (ACN), Innovation Norway Tokyo Office, The research Council in Norway (RCN), Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (NCCJ), Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HKDIR) and The Norwegian Embassy in Japan.

Program:

• 09:00 - 09:05

  Welcome by moderator

• 09:05 - 09:20

  Research for Smart Aging in Japan and related EU-Japan Project E-VITA

  Prof. Dr. Lorenz GRANRATH, Smart Aging Research Center (SARC), Tohoku University

• 09:20 - 09:35

  Smart technology for aging and disability: EEG-based Brain Computer Interfaces

  Marta Molinas, NTNU/International institute for integrative sleep medicine at Tsukuba University.

• 09:35 - 09:50

  Intelligent user interfaces and emerging technologies in healthcare systems to meet future challenges

  Inger Hilde Nordhus and Morten Fjeld, University of Bergen

• 09:55 - 10:30

  Presentation of call: Japan-Nordic Frontier Research Projects for Healthy Longevity

  This will be followed by an optional Q&A session

Organisers:

• JSPS Alumni Club in Norway (ACN)

• Innovation Norway Japan

• The Research Council of Norway

• Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (Diku)

• Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (NCCJ)

• Norwegian Embassy, Tokyo